A 23-year-old man who removed a feeding tube and disappeared from a care facility in Travelers Rest on Saturday walked up to a motorist on Tuesday and asked him to call police.

Bradley Joseph Bennett left Springbrook Behavior Center on Havenwood Lane at about 9:20 a.m. Saturday. He removed his feeding tube himself and left the facility wearing socks but no shoes, yellow, scrub-style pants and a gray vest.

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Travelers Rest Police Chief Lance Crowe said that at about 5 p.m. Tuesday, Bennett approached a driver on Ina Street in Travelers Rest and said, "Sir, they're looking for me. I need help. I need to call 911."

Crowe said when Bennett overheard the driver speaking on the phone with a police dispatcher, he told the driver, "Yeah, it's me."

Officers took Bennett into custody and transported him to the Travelers Rest Police Department.

Bennett told officers that he was aware that the Sheriff's Office helicopter and the K-9 teams were looking for him, and he was trying to avoid being taken into custody by them, Crowe said.

Crowe said Bennett was taken to a medical facility for evaluation.

The chief said when Bennett was found, he was wearing only the scrub pants he had on when he left Springbrook on Saturday. At some point, he had discarded the socks and gray vest.

Crowe said the successful outcome of the search was the direct result of collaboration between the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, the South Carolina Foothills Search and Rescue K-9 Team, local media and the TRPD.